Category: Farm Diary

Today I planted a Queen palm sprouted from seed, well… three of them in a cluster. I’ll keep the healthiest one in a month or so. It’s the first of 8…

Today I planted a Borojo tree that we sprouted from seed over a year ago. It’s a small understory tree that likes the shade and apparently they are really…

Today I planted a durian seedling tree and did some weeding and fertilizing around some of the older durians that are over 10 feet tall. Everything is…

I planted 5 mamaki plants today. Mamaki is a stingless hawaiian nettle and the leaves make a great evening tea with a hint of sweetness. Mamaki is good…

It’s been exactly a month since Kekoa passed. Today Julia and I planted a koai‘a tree in his memory. Koai‘a is the little brother of koa and produces a…

. Today I planted a Voa vanga or Spanish tamarind tree that I got from Joe Hewitt. It’s not really from Spain and it isn’t a tamarind, it’s a tree from…

Today I planted a Browneopsis ucayalina that I got from Dennis. Browneopsis is a small understory tree from the jungles of Ecuador and Peru. I don’t know…

Today I visited Dennis Heckart’s home garden. Dennis is a prolific bromeliad breeder and has developed many hybrids over the years. I took about a billion…

Today I planted a Popoulu plantain. Bananas play a huge role on the farm. We’re very lucky that they grow like weeds here with very little effort. It is…